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No. 789,055. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. R. M. PARSLEY (K; J. J. SHEA. HUNTERS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1903.

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No. 789,055. 7 PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. R. M. PARSLEY & J. J. SHEA.

HUNTERS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1903.

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UNTTEn STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

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ROBERT M. PARSLEY AND JOHN J. SHEA, OF ST. PAUL, KANSAS.

HUNTERS CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,055, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed July 8, 1903. Serial No. 164,726.

To (l/ZZ whom, it nomg concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT M. PARSLEY and JOHN J. SHEA, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Neosho, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hunters Cabinets; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cabinets such as are employed for holding ammunition and for loading shells for firearms, the object of the invention being to provide a cabinet including a shell-rack conveniently disposed to receive and hold the shells during the operation of de capping and in the subsequent operation of reloading and in which cabinet will be provided convenient compartments for the ammunition, loading-tools, and other articles employed in the operations.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the discharge-caps may be all discharged from the cabinet at the proper time instead of being dropped promiscuously as the operation progresses.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the cabinet in opening position. Fig. 52 is a vertical section through the cabinet with the parts thereof folded. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the loading-chamber, the shellrack being raised to show the bottom thereof, some of the openings of the rack having shells therein.

Referring now to the drawings, the present cabinet comprises what may be called a loading-chamber, including sides 5, having a bottom 6, in the inner or upper face of which are formed annular seats or sockets 7 to receive the heads of the shells to be loaded, and in the center of each of these seats is formed a perforation 8 through the bottom. The seats do not cover the entire bottom, and at one side of the seats is hinged a rack 9, having a number of perforations 10 formed therethrough in such positions that when the rack is swung downwardly to lie upon the bottom each of the perforations in the rack will register with a seat in the bottom of the loadingchamber.

The shells to be loaded are engaged in the perforations of the rack and the rack is swung downwardly against the bottom of the loading-chamber, so that the caps at the centers of the shells will lie over the perforations in the bottom and the heads of the shells will engage the corresponding seats in the bottom of the loading-chamber. Adecapping-tool is then passed into each of the shells, and the cap thereof is forced outwardly into the perforation at the bottom of the seat. To prevent the ejected caps from falling onto the floor, a supplemental bottom 11 is hinged at one side for movement into and out of position to cover the lower ends of the perforations, this supplemental bottom being held in active position by the hooks 12. After the entire number of caps have been ejected from the heads of the shells the supplemental bottom may be lowered to permit the caps to pass from the perforations and slide downwardly and off from the edge of the supplemental bottom. After the caps have been ejected the shells are removed from the rack and are recapped, after which they are returned to the rack,and the powder, shot, and wads are placed therein, the heads of the shells being held in the seats at the bottom of the chamber.

To hold the rack normally and yieldably in position with the shells resting in the seats, leaf-springs 13 are provided and are disposed with their ends between one side edge of the rack, adjacent to the hinges of the latter and the adjacent side of the casing, and to hold the rack in vertical position against the action of these springs a chain 14.- is provided, said chain having a hook 15 at one end for engagement with an eye 16 on the rack, while its opposite end is attached to the ammunition-chamber 17, which is hinged to the loading-chamber.

The loading-chamber is of box shape and of substantially the same dimensions as the ammunition-chamber, which latter is adapted to fold against the loading-chamber after the manner of an ordinary valise.

In the ammunition-chamber is a longitudinal partition 18 and a number of transverse partitions 19, which divide the loading-chamher into a tool-compartment 20 and a plurality of ammunition-compartments 21. When the cabinet is open, the two chambers lie with their open sides upwardly. To prevent the ammunition from spilling from the ammunition-compartments when the cabinet is closed, there is provided a lid 22, which is hinged for movement to lie within the ammunitioncom partment and close upon the partitions thereof. The free corners of the lid are notched at 24, and in the faces of the notches are engaged screw-eyes in position for engagement by hooks 26, which are pivoted to the longitudinal partition of the ammunition chamber. The hooks serve to hold the lid close down upon the partitions, so that the ammunition will not pass from one compartment to another.

Latches 25 are provided for holding the two sections of the cabinet together when the cabinet is closed, and a handle 26 is attached to one section for carrying the cabinet.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made, and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is An article of the class described comprising a body portion including a bottom, sides and ends, said bottom having recesses in its upper face adapted to receive the bases of shells, and perforations concentric to the recesses forming cap-receivingchambers, a single cover for the outer ends of the perforations hinged to the body portion and movable into and out of covering position, means for holding the cover in active position, a rack hinged upon the bottom and having openings therethrough in position to register with those of the bottorn, and bowed spring-plates secured against the inner face of a side of the body portion adjacent to the hinged edge of the rack with their free ends against the hinged edge of the rack and adapted to hold the latter yieldably against the bottom.

In testimony whereof we aflix our si gnaturcs in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT M. PARSLEY. JOHN J. SHEA.

Witnesses:

M. DEVINE, C. W. WILLIAMs. 

